UMFan83

Tiger choked down the stretch of a major tournament and lost. The Cubs are ready for their World Series trophy now.

Since we finally have a QB to have confidence in, the fans are now going to insist they have a QB battle, and will complain about the backup QB position.

Well we can still gain a full game in the Wild Card today if the Marlins can come back and beat the Rockies....they already beat the Rockies in the first game. If they can win game 2, we'll be 2.5 out. If not, 3.5 out. Right now: (* means game still to be played today) COL* -- FLA* 1.0 SFO 1.0 ATL* 2.5 CHC 3.0 If Colorado wins (they are up 3-0 early on): COL -- SFO 1.5 FLA 2.0 ATL* 3.0 CHC 3.5 If Florida wins: COL -- FLA -- SFO 0.5 ATL* 2.0 CHC 2.5

No. Since the Padres took the lead during the inning the game would be suspended and the rest of it would be completed at some later date. They'd probably complete it in San Diego next week, which is probably a slight help for the Padres.

Oh yeah and walking Lugo brought up Albert Pujols to the plate.

LOL,they just walked Lugo to bring in the tying run with the bases loaded.

It's raining out

Did I mention that I was there and I have never experienced a UC crowd even 1/4 as great as that game? Post-Jordan I can't think of a better game. I know it was sloppy game, and neither team was at their best the whole series. The Bulls offensive game plan was horrible throughout the whole season in general, especially this series. Del Negro could have won the series 100 times with adjustments. In that respect, yeah the game wasn't the best basketball. But I have never enjoyed a game that much in my life (obviously I enjoyed the championships much more than winning the 6th game of a playoff series, but expectations come into play too. I expected the Bulls to win titles, I expected last years Bulls to fall in 5 games at most). Sometimes you just enjoy basketball for its pure entertainment, not for its technical aspects. But I guess you and I might be different in that way.

I really should have stopped reading here. What the hell. What the hell what? I don't really think its the greatest game ever. The whole post was full of hyperbole. I am a fan of the Bulls and I think its the greatest game ever with my biased view of things. Then the rest of my post was to explain why the game was great. I wanted to relive the game 6 months later with Bulls fans. Get it now?

If you read back in last year's preseason game threads, Calib Hanie isn't a bad second choice for QB ;)

I can't believe the Pirates even field a AAA team. If I was a veteran player at AAA and I didn't get a callup before September 1, I'd consider retiring. The funny thing about Indianapolis being Pittsburgh's AAA affiliate is that Indianapolis the city is actually double the population of Pittsburgh (although Pittsburgh's metro is ~700k more). Also, the Indy Indians are in 2nd place in their division, while the Pirates are dead last and fading fast. Maybe the Indianapolis Indians should play the Cubs tomorrow.

He's the team's QB, GM and Holy Deity so I don't see why not.

I'm rewatching Game 6 of the Bulls/Celtics series on NBA TV. I am obviously biased, but this is the greatest game in NBA history to me. Not in terms of magnitude (but game 6 of a playoff series obviously holds more weight than some game in January), but in terms of how exciting the game was. Pros: -2 of the more successful franchises in the league, in 2 of the better cities in America -One team was facing elimination (Bulls) -Team facing elimination was down double digits with under 5 minutes left -3 OTs -Several series (not even game) shifting shots were made by both teams -Fans of both teams had multiple moments where they felt somewhat secure of a victory -Superstar performances (Ray Allen mostly) -Vintage last second shots (by Allen and Gordon) -Memorable plays (Noahs steal/dunk, Allen's game tying 3, Rose's block) -The series storyline progresses well (Hinrich gets thrown into the scorers table by game 5 villain (for Bulls fans) Rondo, also Miller after missing the game tying FTs in game 5 hits a huge 3 and a layup with the Bulls down 5 under 90 secs in regulation) Cons: -First round of series -Not game 7 -Neither team went past the next round -Injuries easily would have altered this series (If everyone is healthy, Garnett trumps Deng to a degree that a 7 game series turns into a 4-5 game series, not even considering Boston's other injuries that killed their depth especially in the frontcourt) -Umm what else am I missing? As a Bulls fan though I still can't watch this without remembering how things could have been different had the Bulls pulled out Game 5 in Boston, a game they led by 12 points midway through the 4th quarter, and I think still led the game with under a minute left in regulation. It helps to remember that we probably should have lost Game 4. But then again we could/should have won Game 2. Gaaaah.

not really, because lee would have homered last inning. we're the cubs - no he wouldn't have I forgot that the Pirates have gotten all the breaks over the last 20 years.

Get him out or I'll do it myself.

By month: .955, .657, .585, .992, .431 he's certainly the model of consistency. The good news is, if that trend continues (1 awesome month, 2 awful months), he'll be due for a great October if necessary.

Screw you Gregg. Get the job done now.

He must be dense if he didn't remember that back in 2007.

Is he a lefty? If not, no.

Why did I get a lump in my throat the moment I heard the name "Kevin Gregg" said on the air?

I'd be a big fan of his plate discipline...... if he had any !!! CUBS pitch counts at the plate......... 04/06 - 08/14 P PA P/PA Fukudome 1741 421 4.14 Fontenot 1431 347 4.12 Scales 270 66 4.09 Bradley 1454 356 4.08 Fuld 184 46 4.00 Soto 1122 281 3.99 D Lee 1744 440 3.96 Freel 125 32 3.91 Baker 261 68 3.84 Gathright 57 15 3.80 Soriano 1825 483 3.78 Ramirez 687 182 3.77 Hoffpauir 723 193 3.75 K. Hill 740 200 3.70 Theriot 1831 496 3.69 Fox 566 157 3.61 Johnson 595 166 3.58 Miles 523 147 3.56 Blanco 358 106 3.38 CUBS 17117 4469 3.83 Good to see I'm not crazy. For the last couple of weeks, I've been saying that its the one thing that holds me back from thinking he can keep this up. He's hit .250/.309/.446/.755 over his last 22 games. Which isn't bad but is definitely down from where he started. Eh he's a backup. It's not like he should ever be getting a ton of at bats. I imagine he will get more selective as he gets older. The point is, I'd love for him not to be a backup. But he needs to work the count more to do so because he has a lot of other things going for him. Plus, he's 27...I don't see him improving on his plate discipline much.

I'd be a big fan of his plate discipline...... if he had any !!! CUBS pitch counts at the plate......... 04/06 - 08/14 P PA P/PA Fukudome 1741 421 4.14 Fontenot 1431 347 4.12 Scales 270 66 4.09 Bradley 1454 356 4.08 Fuld 184 46 4.00 Soto 1122 281 3.99 D Lee 1744 440 3.96 Freel 125 32 3.91 Baker 261 68 3.84 Gathright 57 15 3.80 Soriano 1825 483 3.78 Ramirez 687 182 3.77 Hoffpauir 723 193 3.75 K. Hill 740 200 3.70 Theriot 1831 496 3.69 Fox 566 157 3.61 Johnson 595 166 3.58 Miles 523 147 3.56 Blanco 358 106 3.38 CUBS 17117 4469 3.83 Good to see I'm not crazy. For the last couple of weeks, I've been saying that its the one thing that holds me back from thinking he can keep this up. He's hit .250/.309/.446/.755 over his last 22 games. Which isn't bad but is definitely down from where he started.

Baker is a stuuuuuuuuuuuuud

It's gonna be nice to have pictures of Cutler in something other than a Bears practice jersey.

Any chance of Guzman going 2? That was a pretty stress free inning.